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R.oyal Commentariet.
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CH A P.
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the Prince, who was R eir appareizt, was to marry his
own Sifler, and the re,afons which thej gave.for
it.
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Aving now decbred che ma~ner in ge,ner:il; and the way how the common
Indians
manied_; we íhall mche next place proceed to creat of che Marriage
of che Prince, who was Heir apparent.
In
explanation ofwhich ic is to
be
noced,
thac ic was che mofl aqciem Cuíl:ome, and fundamental Law ofcñofe Kings, chat
che Prince, who was Heir, íhould marry with her chat was his own Sifier by Fa–
ther and Mocher, and fue onely was capable-of being bis Legitimare Wife, whom
chey called
Coya,
whích ·
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is as much as QQ_een, or Empreís; and che EJdeíl: Son
of
thefe cwo was allowed for che true :ind lawfull Heir of the Kingdom.
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The Original of chis Law and Cuílome was derived from che firíl:
Inca, Manco
Capac,
and bis Wife,
M ama Ocelo Huaco,
whofeigning themfelves
to
be che Chil–
dren and defcended frorn che Sun, and
to
be Brother :ind Siíter, ic~1,1as cherefore
concluded
oy
all che
Indianr,
(who perfeél:ly believed chis Story)
thac.bycheexam–
ple of chefe cwo, che fame Rule was
to
be obferved in che fucceffion of
all
future
A,ges; :ind chis chey confirmed
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anocher ~}_{am~le of d:e Sun and Moo~ the~~
felves, who being füO{her and Siíl:er, were 101ned mMarnage; and cheretore chis
ferved for an undeniable Auchoricy and Argurnenc to prove che Legalicy of fuch -a
Marriage, by an iníl:ance
fo
convincing, as thac of chefe Deicies : Yec for wanc
of füch Iífue female, che Prince might chen marry wich che neareíl: of Kindred,
foch as his Coufin-Gennan, or Aune, who, for want of Heirs male, were capa-–
ble of inheriting the Crown, according
to
che Cufrome in
Spain.
For wanc of Heirs male by the firíl: Siít:er, the Prince mighc marry wich the
fecond, or third, and
fo
on, uncill he mee ~id~ one chat.12.roduced fuch iffue: and
chis Rice was punétually obferved, and 1i:_¡amramed to be-legal, from the example
of che Sun and Moon, and of che firfr
Inca
and his Siíl:er , and from that Rule
which enjoined cheip
~o
k~ep che S~r~ams <_)f_Royal Blou1 pure and unmixed, leíl:
they íhould incur che 1mp1ety of m1xmg D1vme Bloud w1th Humane Race. And
becaufe che right of chis Inhericance carne as well by che Mocher as the Father,
che fame could noc be conferved~ unlefs they both concurred
to
make an Heir
wich an undoubted Ticle. Hereunco they added farcher, thac the Majeíl:y of che
Qg_een couid not be communicaced to any ocher, unto whom it did not apper–
tain by Narure; for thé).t her Conjunfüon and Union wich the King could not
render her capable of füch a Charaél:er, which was co be woríhipped and adored
in che place of aDeity, for that were to commit )dolacry, by giving Divine
Woríhip to
a
Humane Creacure.
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Beftdes rhe lawfull Queen chofe Kings mighc have many Concubines, borh of
their ownKindred,
to
che fourth Degree, and alfo of Scrangers; bue che Children
by them were obferved with different degrees of refpeél:; the Sons by che Kinf–
women were eíleemed legitirnace, having no mixture of common Bloud, which
qualicy was ever efteerned with high Veneration, when chofe by Strangers were
accounced Baftards ; and though chey had fome í·efpeél: fhewn rhem above that
of common degree, ye.: it was not wich fuch exteriour and interiour Devotion as
to
thofe ofpurer Bloud, who ~ere accounted Gods, when chefe were onely 'ho- _
noured as Men. So rhat the Kmg had three forcs of Chiklren, one by his Siírer -
and Wife, w
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gitimate, and capable of the Succefiion ; anocher forc
was by his Kinfwomen of rhe fame Bloud; and a third by Scrangers, who were
i-epuced Natural and Baftard-Sons.
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